gå till sina fäder

Swedish

Verb

gå till sina fäder (present går till sina fäder, preterite gick till sina fäder, supine gått till sina fäder, imperative gå till sina fäder)

  1. (idiomatic) to be gathered to one's fathers (to die)
    Synonym: samlas till sina fäder
    • 1859, Viktor Rydberg, Den siste athenaren‎[1], Hedlund & Lindskog, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 31 May 2025, page 170:
      – Romare! Vår herre och kejsare, Konstantius, har gått till sina fäder.
      "Romans! Our lord and emperor, Constantius, has been gathered to his fathers."
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Fjärde Moseboken 20:26”, in Bibel 2000‎[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 31 May 2025:
      Därefter skall Aron gå till sina fäder, han skall dö där.
      Thereafter Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, he shall die there.

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